Just Be A Good Witness

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This episode talks about how to share your faith by simply being a witness to what God has done in your life.

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Opening

On this episode, we’re talking about how you can share your faith by simply being a witness.

You’re listening to Your Faith At Work with Dr. Ryan S. Howard, a podcast to inspire and equip you to partner with God in your daily work. Visit your YourFaithAtWork.org to learn more and download your free copy of 21 Days to a New Workplace You.

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Well, if somebody asked you to tell a story about something that happened to you or some experience that you had, you probably wouldn’t hesitate too long. In general, you would just share what happened. You would just be a witness.

And a lot of times when it comes to sharing our faith or when we think about evangelism or when we think about sharing Jesus with others, we really start to overthink it and we really start to think about, well, we don’t know enough or I don’t know what to say or what what about what they say.

A Witness Of Your Own Experience

But really we are called to be a witness. And what that means is just talking about what God has done in our life. Now, many times we have opportunities to do a lot more of those other detailed things, but everyone can be a witness to their own experience. There is no reason why we couldn’t do that.

So do you have a testimony? Do you have some things that God has done in your life?

From Knowledge to Relationship

You know, I heard a story once about a man who was sharing with his neighbor about Jesus every day for months and months and months, or every week at least. And the neighbor wasn’t really hearing it and wasn’t really interested.

And something came up in this man’s life. Then he started sharing with his neighbor about what God was doing in his life and how he was interacting with God and how he asked God to engage in something. And then God did.

And he was talking about interactions back and forth and it was like a light switch. The neighbor became very interested in what was going on.

Relationship, Not Requirements

You see people have enough to add onto their already busy and full lives. They don’t want just another thing, another requirement.

And the thing is, many times when they think about following Christ or being a Christian, that’s what they think it is. But it’s not. It’s a full life giving relationship. Something that we are enjoying together with God.

A Real Relationship With God Is Intriguing

And when we talk about our experience in that and how God interacts with us in our life, that is what is intriguing to people. That is what is interesting to people.

And you know what? When we really actually have to have that kind of a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. We really have to have that close relationship and have given our lives to him.

When we do that and we really are seeking that and making that a priority in our life to keep that relationship fresh and to stay close to Christ, well then He can really form us and give us peace and joy that’s overflowing.

And people can see that hope that’s in us and they will ask about it.

So I want to encourage you, I mean, if you’re a little dry, if you feel dry spiritually, just get back on track. Don’t let the enemy beat you up over it. Don’t beat yourself up over it.

Just make the change. Whatever’s in your heart and your spirit right now that you need to do, make the change. Get back on track and think about it.

Your Stories About God

Take some time to think about what has God done in your life. How have you seen Him move? I know you’ve got some stories, and if you don’t, ask Him for some. Ask Him.

Get specific about what you want Him to engage with, and then you’ll have something to share.

Your Call To Action

So take some time this week to think about how you can share your faith by simply being a witness and sharing what God has already done in your life.

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Your 2020 Vision

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This episode discusses reflecting on the past and preparing for the future in 2020 to help you have your best year yet.

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On this episode, we’re talking about your vision for 2020

You’re listening to Your Faith At Work with Dr. Ryan S. Howard, a podcast to inspire and equip you to partner with God in your daily work. Visit your YourFaithAtWork.org to learn more and download your free copy of 21 Days to a New Workplace You.

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Proverbs 29 18 says, “where there is no vision, the people perish. That certainly highlights the importance of having a vision.

I want to encourage you, as we come to the end of this year and coming to a new year, it is a great time to take some time and reflect on what’s past and look forward to what’s coming next.

Reflecting on the Last Year

If we want to develop our vision, that reflection on the past is important and I want to encourage you to take some time to just think through how did the last year ago? Did you have the kind of relationships that you wanted to have? Were you the kind of person you wanted to be? Did you accomplish what you wanted to in your work? Or maybe outside of your work? Did you spend the time alone with God? Did you spend time in His word? Did you volunteer the way you wanted to? All of these sorts of things.

Just thinking through, not to be overwhelming but to just think, how did it go? Take time to think about it and let God speak to you and highlight to you what you want to adjust for next year or what went really well and you want to continue for next year.

Desires for Next Year

So as you take time to think about the last year, you can start to develop what do you want the next year to look like and what kind of goals that you want to have. What you want to accomplish in the next year and the type of person you want to be. Maybe relationships, like I mentioned these things before.

Is there anything you want to adjust going into next year?

Two Keys to Success in 2020

Now there’s a couple things I want to really encourage you to highlight that I think are very important for you to have a successful year. And they’re important for me to have success for years, for all of us.

First is to be intentional with your time. That’s something that God’s really been highlighting to me. We’ve got time to do everything that God wants us to do and we’ve got the resources to do everything that God wants us to do. We’ve got the gifting, the talents, the abilities, the connections, everything.

The second is to focus on your relationship with Jesus. Everything we do with your faith at work, everything we do in life is based on a foundation of our relationship with Jesus Christ.

The way we can do that is to really carve out time to be alone with him and whether we’re taking time to think, reading the Bible, reading books, watching messages, journaling, worshiping, fellowship with other believers, your family, your spouse, these sorts of things.

And as you spend time to hear God’s voice and spend time alone with Him, His voice will become more familiar to you and you will be able to live closer to Him throughout the next year and it, and it can be the best year yet.

Best Year Yet

Let’s make this year the year where you are more close to Christ than you’ve ever been before and more intentional about your time and your work. And everything you’re doing with Him and partnering with God in your work and everything that you’re doing.

If people don’t keep the vision in front of them, they often just return to their past and the old habits. And I want to encourage you, if you have a setback, just treat it like a distraction and get back to your vision and just get right back on track right. Back after it and developing the new habits and the new things that you want to do.

Take the Time to Reflect

So take some time to reflect and what you want to accomplish in the next year and what your vision is going to be and keep that in front of you. And we can have the best year yet.

Closing

Thanks for listening to Your Faith At Work with Dr. Ryan S. Howard, if you enjoyed this podcast, we’d love for you to subscribe, share, and leave us a review. Be sure to visit your YourFaithAtWork.org to download your free copy of 21 Days to a New Workplace You. And remember, God wants to partner with you in your work every day.